This sheet
describes a number of different fields and asks you to choose
which ones you think would be most likely to have interesting
archaeology hidden underground. It then asks you to decide
which materials you would be most likely to dig up. Lastly you
can draw the grass in on a cross-section to show how tall it
grows over different features, forming lines seen on aerial
photos.

Medieval
House Interior Sheet

This sheet
shows pictures of a 13/14th century cottage (excavated at
Hangleton in East Sussex) both inside and out. You are asked to
describe what each of five areas of the house are used for by
looking at the internal picture.

Not
available as a free sample.

Medieval
House Comparison Sheet

This sheet shows two 14th
century houses: one for the rich (Cumnor Place in Berkshire) and
one for the less well off (a small hall house from Boarhunt in
Hampshire). You must pick which words in the table should be
associated with which house.

Early
Medieval Costume Sheet

This
sheet shows pictures of two 14th century people: A man and a
woman. You are asked to describe how they look different from
how we dress today.

Late
Medieval Costume Sheet

This
sheet shows pictures of two 15th century people: A man and a
woman. You are asked to describe how they look different from
how we dress today.

Weird
Hats Sheet

This sheet shows pictures
of a range of bizarre headgear for ladies of the 15th century.
You are asked to pick

Eleanor
Cross Map Sheet

This
is a logic problem which asks you to use the clues work out the
names of the places marked on the map. Each once had an Eleanor
Cross to the memory of the English Queen, Eleanor of Castile.

Monastic
Jobs

Monks didn't
just pray you know. Use this sheet to work out what else they
did.

Pilgrimage
& Shrines Sheet

This is a multi-activity sheet
showing Chaucer's pilgrims. What would they have felt when they
arrived at their destination? Circle the emotions you think fit
best. Then tell us about reliquaries and shrines.

Not
available as a free sample.

Pilgrim
Badges Sheet

This sheet shows
eight different shrine souvenirs known as pilgrim badges. Can
you work out whose shrines they are from by reading the
descriptions?

King
Arthur's Grave Debate Sheet

How desperate were
medieval monks for the pilgrims' pound? Use the twelve argument
cards to have a debate about whether or not the monks of
Glastonbury really found King Arthur's grave in 1190. Complete
with teacher's notes.

Gothic
Window Sheet

This sheet shows off
Gothic church architecture whilst bringing out your design
skills. Just fill in the blank windows with your favourite
saints or other Christian scenes.

Old
St. Paul's Cathedral Sheet

This sheet shows
the majestic cathedral of St. Paul in London, before it lost its
spire and was then burnt to a crisp in the Great Fire of London.
Work out its height using the scale. Fill in the missing words
and pick out the architect you tried to 'improve' the building.

Not
available as a free sample.

Windsor
Door Sheet

This
simple colouring sheet shows the beautiful decorative scrollwork
on the famous 12th century door at St. George's Chapel,
Windsor.

Medieval
London Bridge Sheet

This sheet shows old
London Bridge with buildings all along it. You are asked to work
out the total number of traitors from their leaders' heads on
spikes. Then you must answer some questions about the Bridge
Gate and St. Thomas' Chapel and fill in the missing words about
fights on the bridge.

Not
available as a free sample.

London
Bridge Shops Sheet

This sheet shows
a cross-section through the shops on Old London Bridge. There
are a few questions to answer, but mostly you need to draw in
some people in the rooms... including the toilet!

Not
available as a free sample.

Medieval
Merchants & Shops Sheet

Look at the medieval
merchant, William Frith, and answer questions about him and his
shop. Then examine the shop signs. What are they telling us?

Dick
Whittington Sheet

This sheet shows Dick
Whittington and his wife at home in their solar. You must help
their cat find the mice hiding in the room.

Medieval
Medicine Logic Problem Sheet

Read the clues and use
the table to record the information which will help you
logically work out details of the four 'humours' that dominated
medieval medical ideas.

Castle
Defences Sheet

Look at all the different
layers of defences surrounding Wallingford Castle. Can you name
all the different parts?

Design
your own Coat of Arms Sheet

This double page sheet
gives you a shield to fill in with your very own coat of arms
and crest designs, and a page with lots of ideas and a few rules
to follow too.

Heraldic
Crests Sheet

This sheet shows
six different heraldic crests worn by knights in the tilt yard.
They are all puns on the knights' listed names. But can you work
out which goes with which?

Battle
of Bosworth Sheet

Draw the animals on the
banners of Richard III and Henry VII. Which country's flag does
one remind you of? Look at the numbers and pick out the facts.
Do they add up?

If you let us know what
school you're at (if you're a teacher) or what county/state you're in
(for others), you can request a single free sample by mailing nashfordpublishing@googlemail.com
. Please remember to let us know which one you'd like (but note that
some sheets are excluded from this offer).

We have a wide
range of British history activity sheets for kids available. They
are very competitively priced and contain many more illustrations than
other sheets on the market: all exclusive to Nash Ford Publishing. You
can purchase them very cheaply in sets organised by subject. All sheets
are shown and described above. Some are quick, some are longer and take
more thought or involve making things. Most are single pages, but some
are more. Some can be used straight off. Others are designed to be used
after a little learning, which our Early
British Kingdoms website can help with of course. All of them double
as colouring sheets and will keep your pupils or children amused for
hours. For activity sheets from other periods of British history, click
here.